Seemingly trivial things that intrigue you

Of 40 years ago. Might be out of date by now.

It would be if it were true. Which it probably isn't.

It's more dismaying that Miss Snuffy takes these reports at face value.

You don't think there are furries?

See, it's real. It's a bit obsessive. Not quite "let's get these kids military college to un-gay them" level, I'll grant you. But as a parent you'd probably want to have a chat with them about moderation.

So yeah, but I got the shit kicked out of me for being clever and not quite being in tune with any given season's most accepted sartorial choices.

Not entirely sure I'd have made it out alive if I rocked up to school in a chipmunk onesie.

Have kids changed that much, or are the onesie wearers just targets for rubber band propelled projectiles like they always used to be?

It's a bit more than dressing up though. It's dressing up all the time, and insisting on being referred to as Mr Tiddles, or Chewbacca, even by the teacher.

No I spoke to a friend who has a child in a school, with furries who do this.

In fairness, it's not full on onesie and mask, but they are allowed to wear cat ears in class, as a variation of the uniform code.

"our online safety experts were unable to substantiate any reports being made about this behaviour in schools or claims that mentioned students considering themselves to be Furries."

Mr. Trumpet so sigma wiv the skibbidi ohio rizz....

Is that Sigma Sports in Hampton Wick?

Not entirely, but children are certainly expressing their individuality in school with animal related clothing. As Brian says, it's basically cosplay, but with the usual wokey requirement to respect the child's feelings, from what we can tell from our friend. Rather than saying take those stupid ear warmers off young lady.

If you take your literal head off for once, you'll pick up from my posts that it's no different than goths or whatever, when we were young.

The difference, potentially, is that the kids with in-groups that required wholesale reinterpretation of the uniform would get a bollocking in my school. Less clear if matida's right to identify as a cat is these days given undue respect or not. I am guessing it depends on the school. Or the teacher, or Matilda's parents. if deferring to a cat identity leads to a quieter life.

I also doubt doubt that a subtle pair of cat ear warmers will be seized upon for urine extraction purposes for ever more.

Or that some will likely be glitchy GPS records

(Plus there's something wrong with the way whatever system does that virtual ride that messes up that segment.)

Anyway, that ride did not happen, and even in the virtual world, it wasn't going that fast.

I feel like you are quibbling over a detail. There's a lot of cyclists that go too fast. Sometimes I feel that it is a minority that actually cycle safely.

Depends on the point you want to make.

Are there cyclists going fast enough that they can seriously injure people? Yes.

Are they doing 50 mph? Probably not on the flat.

Should cyclists be prosecuted if they kill someone by riding dangerously? Yes.

At the same speed, is a bike likely to cause more damage than a car, due to smaller contact point?